Apollo 11 Command Module 'Columbia' on public display

The Apollo 11 Command Module 'Columbia,' the spacecraft that carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the Moon and back in July 1969, is preserved and exhibited by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. As the flown command module from the first crewed lunar landing mission, it is a singular artifact of human spaceflight and is conserved for research and public interpretation. The museum interprets the module within broader exhibits on the Apollo program and lunar exploration.